Vending-machine.



No. 856,278. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. W. MOONEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 4. 190B.

ATTORNEY mvsmon v fi zllmm fiioaney WILLIAM MOONEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed May 4,1906. Serial No. 315,139.

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM MOONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in coin controlled mechanism for the operation of vending machines and especially that class of machines intended to deliver a given quantity of material from a bulk stored in said machine, such as peanuts.

I/Vith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved mechanism. Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3, a detail plan view of the coin holder. Fig. 4, a detail front view of the coin holder. Fig. 5, a section at the line 0ca; of Fig. 3.

Referring to these drawings A represents the frame for supporting the various parts of the mechanism, and in this frame is fitted to slide vertically the rack bar B with which meshes the segmental gear C, the latter having secured thereto the operating handle D. This handle being upon the outside of the machine in easy reach so that when a coin is deposited the handle may be operated to deliver a given amount of the material to be vended.

E represents a frame which is fitted to slide upon the rods F and this frame carries the coin holder G, which is in the form of a box, the front of which is open and this holder has the holes H formed in its top and bottom through which the rod I is adapted to pass. This rod is secured to the bracket J carried by the rack bar so that it always moves in unison with said rack bar, and in its normally elevated position the lower end of the rod just projects through the upper hole H in the coin holder.

K represents the coin chute which extends from any suitable escutcheon through which the coin is inserted in the machine, andthis chute will guide the coin to the holder, and its lower end is so located relative to said holder that the coin will slide from the chute into the holder and lie upon the bottom thereof, and to assist in the delivery of the coin from the chute to the holder a shield L is secured upon the front of the holder which will just permit the coin to pass below its lower edge and the chute.

When the coin has been delivered to the holder it will cover the lower hole H so that when the handle D is operated to depress the rack bar and the rod I the lower end of the latter will first strike upon the top of the coin and thereafter any further downward movement of the rod will carry with it the coin holder and the frame E. As this frame. E or the coin holder is connected with any suitable operating mechanism for delivering the material to be vended the downward movement thereof will actuate this mechanism and deliver the proper amount of the material-to the customer.

Vhen no coin is in the holder the actuation of the handle D and the depression of the rod I will not affect the delivery of the material to be vended, because the rod will pass through the lower hole H of the holder without affecting the same, but in the downward movement of the rack'bar the collar M will come in contact with the holder and force it downward asuffioient distance to carry the lower portion of the holder below the nose of the dog N for the purpose hereinafter eX- plained.

The dog N is pivoted to the lever O, the heel of said dog being of sufficient weight to normally hold it in the position shown in Fig. 1, and a spring P normally holds the lever 0 in a horizontal position, the object of this arrangement is that when a washer having a hole through the center is inserted in the machine for the purpose of unlawfully operating the same and reaches the coin holder the rod I when depressed Will pass through the hole in said washer, but it is essential that said washer should be ejected from the holder, otherwise the machine would become clogged and the insertion of the proper coin thereafter would not permit the delivery of the material to be vended, therefore as the holder is depressed by the collar M the nose of the dog N will pass above IIO the washer said nose being first forced downward by the washer, and upon the upward movement of the holder this nose will engage the upper side of the washer and eject it from the holder, the lever 0 moving upward as the nose of the dog N follows the upward movement of the holder by contact with the washer until the rod I is withdrawn from the hole within the washer. The shield L will also assist in the ejectment of the washer or a coin, and likewise the curved ribs a will assist in forcing the washer or coin from the holder. 7

When the proper coin is inserted in th machine and reaches the holder the depression of the'rod carrying the holder downward to its lower limit will move the outer edge of the coin below the nose of the dog Q so that upon the upward movement of the holder the coin will be ejected and fall into the proper receptacle. The dog Q is pivoted to the bracket R and the heel thereof is of sufiicient weight to normally hold the dog in a horizontal position but permit the nose to swing downward when coming in contact with the lower side of the coin and then. swing upward so as to be in position to come in contact with the upper side of the coin upon the upward movement of the holder.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that although the handle D is not held against operation whether a coin is inserted or not still the delivery mechanism will not be actuated unless the proper. coin has reached the coin holder, and this is of great importance in that the mechanism is not so likely to be broken by persons trying to force the movement of the handle when a coin is not inserted in the machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is

1. In a coin controlled vending machine, a vertically reciprocating coin holder, a chute for conveying the coin to said holder, a rod adapted to pass through holes formed in said. holder, means for depressing the rod, said rod adapted to depress the holder to the limit of its downward movement when the proper coin is within said holder, means for ejecting the coin from the hold r after the latter has reached the limit of its ownward movement, means for depressing the holder through a part of its downward movement when it does not contain a coin or does contain a washer, and means for ejecting a washer, as specified.

2. In combinationwith a vending machine, coin controlled mechanism consisting of a coin holder having holes through its top and bottom, a rod adapted to pass through said holes, means carried by the rod for depressing the holder through a part of its downward movement, a dog for engaging a washer when contained in the coin holder when said coin holder is depressed whereby said washer will be ejected upon the upward movement of the holder, a chute for conveying the coin to the holder, and mechanism for depressing the rod as specified.-

8. In a coin controlled mechanism, a coin holder adapted to slide vertically, a rod adapted to pass through said holder, a rack bar to which the rod is attached, a segmental gear meshing with the rack bar whereby the latter may be moved up and down, a handle secured to the segmental gear, said handle being upon the outside of the machine, a chute for conveying the coin to the coin holder, a pivoted dog the nose of which lies in in the path of travel of a washer when mov ing with the holder for ejecting washers from the holder, and a second pivoted dog located in the path of the coin when carried by the holder for ejecting said coin from the holder, as specified.

4. The herein described combination of a segmental gear, a handle for operating said gear, a rack bar with which said gear meshes and by which it is moved up and down, a rod carried by the rack bar, a frame adapted to slide vertically, a coin holder carried by the frame said holder having holes therethrough for the passage of the rod, a chute for delivering coin to the coin holder, a pivoted lever O, a spring for holding said lever in its normally horizontal position, a dog N pivoted to the lever, said dog being adapedto eject washers from the holder, and a pivoted dog Q adapted to eject coin from the holder as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MOONEY.

Witnesses:

FRANK KREIS, FRANCIS J. MOONEY. 

